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Russia Grants Edward Snowden Residency Permit

Has a Job, Receives Pay, as Required for the Permit

Former U.S. intelligence employee Edward Snowden is granted a Russian residency permit that may even lead towards citizenship. Andrew Kuchins, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins the News Hub with Sara Murray. Photo: Getty Images.

MOSCOW—Russia granted Edward Snowden a three-year residency permit that allows him to travel in and out of the country and eventually to receive Russian citizenship, according to his Russian lawyer.

The 31-year-old former U.S. intelligence employee arrived in Moscow last year after leaking a trove of classified information that exposed the U.S. government's far-reaching foreign and domestic surveillance activities.